Improvement in cultivators



H. D. GANSE.,

Hand-Plow. v

A Ptemed Mar; 27, 1855.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HERVEY D. GANSE, OFFREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 2,589, dated March 27, 1855.

lowingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed amended drawings, making part of this specification, in which l Figure I is a perspective view; Fig. II, a

-front elevation and Fi .III a longitudinal seci g e tion. f

A A in the several figures are two corresponding blades of steel, each of which consists ot' the distinct parts marked 1 2, which are united at the lines d c, Figs. I and III.

4These two )arts may be made continuous and of a single plate. vThe parts 1 1 are upright, and are set oppositeto each other, one or more inches apart at the lines d e, but converging toward the lin"cs g h at an angle of about twenty degrees. From these last-named lines, however, to the foremost points, ff, the parts are parallel. The lines fd are cutting-edges which incline backward at an angle ot' about twenty-five degrees with the surface of the ground. Any angle will be proper which is acute'enough to suffer incumbrances to pass oft' backward without choking.' The parts 1 1 thus described may be called fenders, since their chief use is to protect the young plants from being covered. To these the parts 2 2, resembling plane narrow mold-boards with a pitch of about forty degrees, are so added that the cuttingfedge d k continues the edgef d, already described.

The plants to be tended, while young, fall between the two blades'A A, which have just been described. These blades may be set at any required distance from each other by means of the screw; -bolts t' i, Figs. II and 1II.` 'Ihey cut into the ground about an inch, or to the dotted line, Fig-.IIL` As the machineis pushed forward the earth is shaved down and pressed outward by the inclined edges and the lateral yflare of the fenders, and then flows over the mold-boards completely crumbled, filling again the furrows from whichit has been taken. The plants, however small, are not moved or covered. Fig. IV shows the blades A A in theirproper position, viewed from above. rIlhe shaded stripes show the furrows which the fenders would make alone. The outside dotted lines show the whole width of the furrows madeby the combined fenders and mold-boards. This width is about five inches on each side ot' the plants.

As the plants grow the blades may be set deeper, or they may be exchanged, so as t0 throw the furrows to the plants. At any stage. of the growth of the plants they may be reversed in the shafts, so as to be drawn instead of being pushed.

The shafts ZZ and handle m, Fig. II, are of wood. The shafts are sprung to the required distances along the axle b. This axle, the wheels nu, and the bent shanks c care of castiron. The dimensions used are given in the v drawings; but these exact dimensions are not essential.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. That shape of the upright parts or fenders above described, in its application to the purposes above described, by which the foremostpoint of each fender is elevated to or above the 'surface ofthe ground, and the lower or cutting edge inclines backward from that point in the manner described, so as to secure the results described.

2. The combination of said fenders with the mold-boards and wheels in the manner above described, the invention of which mold-boards l and wheels I do not claim.

Dated Freehold,FebruaryV S, 1855.

HERVEY D. GANSE. Witnesses v DAVID CLARK PERRIN, I. MoNRo'E WATNEIGET. 

